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(No Model.)

J. HENRY.

BAND CUTTER.

No. 335,813. Patented Feb. 9, 1886.

WITNESSES ATTORNEYS.

N. PETERS Plmoulho m her, Washing on. D4;

lUNrTEn ETATES PATENT JOHN HENRY, OF ARDOOH, DAKOTA TERRITORY, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF, \VILLIAM T. SHEPPARD, AND JAMES E. BELL AMY, ALL OF SAME PLACE.

BAN D-CUTTER.

EPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 335,813, dated February 9, 1886.

Application filed Setembcr 30, 1885. Serial No. 178,629. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN HENRY, of Ardocli, in the county of \Valsh and Territory of Dakota, have invented a new and Improved Band Gutter, of which the following is a full,

clear, and exact description.

The invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combinations of parts of the band-cutter, all as hereinafter full y set forth.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l is a longitudinal sectional elevation of my improved band cutter and carrier. Fig. 2 is a plan view thereof with the cutter cylinder in horizontal section, and with the grain-receiving table shown in dotted lines,

and with parts broken away and Fig. 3 is a plan view of one end of the cutter-cylinder. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view showing the staves having the serrated flanges and the reciprocating knife.

The letter A indicates the bandcutter cylinder,which is made of staves a, fixed to ends or heads a a ,and spaced apart at the edges to form slots or guideways, in which and in slots of the heads a a work the band-cutting knives B, of which there may be any desired number, six being shown in the drawings. The staves a shown are made of metal plates curved transversely, and provided at the edges next the knife-slots with turned flanges, which are serrated or notched, forming fingers, as at b, which catch the bands of the grain-bundles and prevent the bands from slipping while they are being cut by the adjacent knife B, it being understood that but one knife acts on each band to cut it. Screws or nails a hold the staves a to the heads a of the cylinder. The knives B have a toothed or serrated edge adapted to out either wire or twine hands by which the grain-bundles may be tied.

The cylinder A is mounted loosely on a shaft, 0, on which is fixed a head, D, which has a peripheral cam-groove, (1, into which studs 1), formed on or fixed to knives 13, enter for causing reciprocation of the knives as the shaft 0 is rotated, said shaft passing through elongated sleeves a a",fixed to cylinder-heads a a, and these sleeves have hearings in the forward ends of arms E E, which are pivoted on short shafts e e',held in pairs of lugsff on the side bars of the carrier-frame F. At the opposite ends of frame F are journaled pulleys or rollers G G, around which travel the grain-bundle carrier, which consists of belts H with attached cross-slats h, which catch the bundles and carry them in direction of arrows 1 toward a table, I, which is fixed in any approved way to the side of the thrashingmachine, so that when the bands of the bundles are cut the loose grain will be deposited on table I within easy reach of the feeder, who passes the grain to the thrashingcylinder in the direction of arrow 2 in Fig. 2.

The upper end of the carrier is supported by the shaft J, on which the upper carrierpulleys, G, are fixed, and said shaft is join naled in standards 2' i, which are fixed at the opposite ends and back edge of the table I, and the outer or receiving end of the carrier may be supported on legs F or otherwise, so as to hold the carrier either level or at any necessary inclination, to allow the grain bundles to be placed on the carrier easily, and to be carried along by it and dropped onto the table I to the feeder.

The shaft J has fixed to one end a pulley, J,

over which passes a belt, K, which also passes over a pulley, K, on a short shaft, 7a, which is journaled in bearings held to the side of the thrashing-machine, and carries a bevel-gear wheel, L, which meshes with a bevel-gear wheel, M, fast on one of the shafts of the thrasher at O, and on the shaft J are fixed the power-transmitting pulleys P R, over which belts p 0*, respectively, pass to belt-pulleys S T, on the short shafts e e of the opposite arms, E E. By supporting the inner end of the carrier by the shaft J in the bearings i, the belt K will not be slackened when the back end of the carrier is adjusted higher or lower.

On the shaft 6 is placed a pulley, U, over which passes a belt, a, which is crossed, and passes to a pulley, V, fast on the projecting end of the adjacent sleeve on of cylinder A, and whereby the cylinder, with its knives B, will be rotated in the direction of arrow 3 in Fig. 1 at about the same speed of surfacetravel as the carrier, and on the shaft is ley, X, fast on the end of the shaft 0, to which the cam D d is fixed. By this system of gearing power is taken from the thrashing-machine to drive the grain-carrier, and at the same time to rotate the knife-cylinder A in one direction, and rotate the cam D in the opposite direction, so as rapidly to reciprocate the knives in the cylinder.

The arms E E are made in box-like form, to cover the gearing and belts on the shafts e e, and avoid entanglement of them by the grain bundles or loose grain on the carrier. The arm E is shown broken away in Fig. 2 at the top, the better to show the beltpulleys and belts on its shaft 0.

Plates or bars Y, having out-turned flanges y, are fixed to the forward ends of the arms E E, and form feet, which rest on the side bars of the carrier F and hold the cylinder A clear of the moving carrier when the knives B are not cutting the bands of the grain bundles.

-The operation is as follows: The bound bundles Z of grain are placed onto the carrier H h, which conveys them to the rotating cylinder or head A, in which the knives B are being rapidly reciprocated, and as the bundlestrikes the cylinder the fingers b at the knife B first striking the band or tie of the bundle, will hold the band while the knife severs it, and as during this time the carrieris moving forward, the arms E IE will be swung upward more or less on their pivot-shafts e e, as in Fig. 1, and when the band is cut the grain,now loosened, will fall to the carrier, and will be conveyed thereby to the table I, to be fed to the thrasher, as hereinbefore described, and the cylinder will dropto rest by the feet Y on the carrierframe until the next bundle strikes it, and the vknives will act as on the band of the preceding bundle, the cutting of the bands being quickly and automatically accomplished, and the knives will act effectively, even if the bundles be laid close together on the carrier, as will readily be understood.

Having thus described my invention,I claim as new,and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. The combination, in a band-cutter, of the frame, arms pivoted thereto, a carrier for the grain bundles, a cylinder journaled above and across the carrier in said arms, knives supported in the cylinder and operating transversely of the carrier, and acam revolving inside theknife-cylinder and engaging the knives to operate them, substantially as herein set forth. 1

2. The combination, in a bandcutter, of the carrier-frame, a carrier, H h, a cylinder, A, mounted loosely on a sha ft, 0, the supportingarms E E, shafts e e, knives B, fitted in cylinder A, and having studs b, a cam, Dd, fixed to shaft 0 and engaging knife-studs b, pulleys and belt U V u, driving the cylinder, pulleys and belt W X or, driving the cam-shaft, pulleys and belts S T r, the carrier-shaft J, and driving-gearing operating said shalt, substantially as herein set forth.

3. The combination, with the carrier-frame, carrier F H h, and the cylinder A, carrying knives B, and arms E E, pivoted to the carrier-frame, substantially as specified, of the feet Y on the arms, substantially as herein set forth.

.4. In a band-cutter, the knife-cylinder A, constructed with heads a, staves at, having outwardly turned and notched edge flanges b, and secured to heads a, and theknives B,fitted between the staves, substantially as herein set forth.

5. In a band-cutter, the knife-cylinder A, constructed with staves at, having notched edge flanges 7), heads a, sleeves a shaft 0, knives B, projecting between the edges of the staves, .and the cam D d on shaft 0, substantially as herein set forth.

JOHN HENRY.

Vitnesses:

C. L. BURKHOLDER, J AMES EDGE. 

